ADHCE Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education

The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education was urged to adopt the:
ADHCE Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education 

On July 14, 2021, The National Council on Disabilities wrote a letter to Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), urging "ACGME to require all of its accredited residency and fellowship programs adopt and implement disability cultural competency training to ensure that physicians are prepared to meet the health needs of people with disabilities. ACGME recommend that training incorporate the Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education drafted by the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education. AGCME stated the core competencies present standards on social, environmental, and physical aspects of disability to inform future health professionals on how to provide effective, interprofessional team-based health care. Moreover, it is imperative that people with disabilities are involved in the development of that training."

• The Ohio State University Nisonger Center & Alliance for Disability Health Care Education utilized the Delphi Method to gain consensus from a broad, diverse and inclusive group to create the Core Competencies on Disabilities Standards to guide education on disabilities.
  
  
• American Inter-professional Health Collaborative.
  
  
• The CMS Data Element Library (DEL) is the centralized resource for CMS assessment instrument, data elements (assessment items) that measure patient ability status and level of need for assistance to complete activities.
  
  

• Nationally Implemented  Assessment Instruments by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  

  https://del.cms.gov/DELWeb/pubSearch
  
  To search for rehabilitation setting items used nationally you need to “check” which healthcare setting you want displayed and further filtering possible by selecting a section within a chosen assessment (e.g. Functional Status Section GG) this will display other detailed choices from which to sort these assessment items
  
  
  
  

• The Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities  TOOLKIT (funded by the Administration for Community Living) is an interdisciplinary coalition of stakeholders, including medical providers, researchers, ethicists, individuals with disabilities, and their family members. The Center’s goal is to identify and reduce life-limiting healthcare inequities faced by people with intellectual and developmental (ID/DD) disabilities.
  
  
• Communication Disabilities Access Canada -Accessibility Includes Communication
  
  
• Communication-friendly Health Care Strategies- Six helpful strategies you can use in your day-to-day conversations in this five-minute Communication Access video. (Alberta Health Services – Canadian Organization)
  
  
• Council on Disability and Persons With Disabilities
  
  
• CSWE  provides a model of how to build a Disability Curriculum that can be used in part for all healthcare professions. This model uses its profession's core competencies to indicate each Disability Resource fulfills each of the competencies. Many of the resources would benfits many healthcare professional's education in disability and healthcare. Curriculum resources for SW Edu that is organized by SW Core Competencies - CSWE Disability Educational Resource Database
  
  
• Disability Equity Collaborative  (DEC) “supports individuals,  healthcare organizations, policy makers, advocates, researchers, and professional organizations working to address the health disparities experienced by patients with all types of disabilities.”
  
  EHR Documentation of Disability Status Guidelines - Resource
  
  
• Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine; Community-Based Learning in Medicine  During the Pandemic
  
  
• Georgetown University  University Centers for Excellence in Developmental
  Disabilities, Education, Research and Service (UCEDD).​​
  
  

• LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related DIsabilities
  

  Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) programs provide long-term, graduate level interdisciplinary training as well as interdisciplinary services and care. The purpose of the LEND training program is to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents with disabilities. They accomplish this by preparing trainees from diverse professional disciplines to assume leadership roles in their respective fields and by ensuring high levels of interdisciplinary clinical competence. LEND programs operate within a university system, usually as part of a University Center for Excellence (UCEDD) or other larger entity, and collaborate with local university hospitals and/or health care centers. This set-up gives them the expert faculty, facilities, and other resources necessary to provide exceptional interdisciplinary training and services.
  
  

• Comprehensive and Practical Guide for Seniors with Disabilities: https://www.caring.com/senior-living/assisted-living/assisted-living-for-seniors-with-disabilities/
• MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
  Compare your Medicare options as a person with a disability.
  Disability healthcare resources and information
  
  
• Moving Healthcare Upstream
  Navigating the Health Care System "is a four-unit health literacy curriculum designed by Nemours Children’s Health for use with young adults. It is designed to prepare high school and college-age teens to be responsible for managing their own health care as they transition into adulthood. Materials are suitable for in-class, in-home, after-school, and community settings, and can be taught virtually.”
  
  
• National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education
  Myth Busting Health Professions and Interprofessional Education at the Crossroads

  Barbara Fifield Brandt, Founding Director

• Ohio State University Center Tool Kit Core Competencies Disability Health Care Education Toolkit (Nisonger Center)
  
  
• Patient Provider Communication Organization Website - includes Toolkits
  “The Patient Provider Communication Network is a national and international effort to promote information sharing, cooperation and collaboration among individuals who are committed to seeking improvements in patient-provider communication across the entire health care continuum--from a doctor's office, emergency room, clinic, ICU, acute care and rehabilitation hospital, home health service and hospice. We also address preparing individuals with communication challenges for future medical encounters. Patient Communication Access”
  
  
• Patient Provider Communication Organization Research and Presentations - Resources & Toolkits

Addressing Bone Health Across the Life Course for Dually Eligible Women with Disabilities

Roughly 44 percent of women aged 65 and older have a disability. As women 1 with disabilities age, their need for more intensive health screening protocols increases. However, although women with disabilities are often at a higher risk for osteoporosis due to medication use and limited weightbearing activity, they experience lower bone health screening rates.2 One seminal study of women with a range of disabilities found that three quarters of those in the sample reported never having been screened or tested for bone mineral density (BMD), yet over half had osteopenia or osteoporosis.3 Lack of screening and treatment for low BMD can lead to higher risk of osteoporosis and related fractures. Compounding this increased risk is some evidence that disabilities such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia may also increase skeletal fragility.4 This resource guide offers guidance for providers, care managers, care coordinators, and other clinical staff working with health plans and health care organizations. It shares resources and advice to help professionals better meet the bone health needs of women with disabilities who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
Addressing Bone Health Across the Life Course for Dually Eligible Women with Disabilities: Resource Guide